by Steve HueyThought Industry continues to improve on its fourth album, Black Umbrella, which arguably fulfills its ambitions more consistently than any previous Thought Industry release. A wide variety of sonic textures, complex rhythms, and an eclectic musical range, from heavy metal to alternative to jazz, support what is perhaps the band's strongest set of intricate, progressive melodies yet. Despite the occasional loss of focus, Thought Industry remains one of the more intriguing underground heavy metal bands of the mid- to late '90s.